rover

rover¹

/roh"veuhr/, n.

1. a person who roves; wanderer.

2. Archery.

a. a mark selected at random, as in a competition between two archers wandering over a specified area.

b. one of a group of fixed marks at a long distance.

c. an archer who shoots at such a mark.

3. Croquet. a ball that has been driven through all the arches and needs only to strike the last peg to be out of the game.

4. Brit.

a. (at concerts or the like) a person who has a ticket for standing room only.

b. a senior boy scout, 18 years of age or older.

[1490-1500; ROVE¹ + -ER¹]

rover²

/roh"veuhr/, n.

1. a pirate.

2. Obs. a pirate ship.

[1350-1400; ME < MD or MLG: robber, equiv. to roven to rob, REAVE¹ + -er -ER¹]

rover³

/roh"veuhr/, n.

1. a roving or routing machine.

2. a roving-machine operator.

[1735-45; ROVE³ + -ER¹]

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